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Name	Team	Age
Dave Blethen	Retired (1985, Age 37)	Died (2014, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 15 (1969)	LF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	14 years (53 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A	D+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	B+	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	7/11/1948
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
3	7	11
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.9 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1969

Minors

53.00

2 / 7

5 / 11

7 / 11

3 / 5

8 / 9

6 / 6

4 / 4

35 / 53

1969

Pos (LF)

31.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

20 / 31

1970

Minors

49.00

2 / 9

3 / 7

4 / 5

3 / 8

2 / 9

5 / 5

6 / 6

25 / 49

1971

Majors

57.17

162

88

0

6 / 9

5 / 7

1 / 7

4 / 7

5 / 11

6 / 8

6 / 8

33 / 57

1972

Majors

55.52

162

84

0

3 / 5

3 / 5

7 / 10

3 / 9

4 / 7

10 / 13

4 / 6

34 / 55

1973

Majors

61.67

146

111

16

0 / 5

2 / 13

3 / 7

6 / 11

9 / 15

4 / 6

2 / 4

26 / 61

1974

Majors

68.95

162

124

0

3 / 8

2 / 9

2 / 16

4 / 13

2 / 8

1 / 7

3 / 7

17 / 68

1975

Majors

48.97

117

94

44

0 / 8

2 / 5

0 / 8

4 / 7

1 / 5

2 / 6

2 / 9

11 / 48

1976

Majors

54.81

149

76

13

1 / 5

0 / 6

2 / 13

1 / 5

1 / 8

4 / 10

1 / 7

10 / 54

1977

Majors

58.25

162

77

0

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 7

1 / 14

1 / 9

2 / 7

1 / 4

5 / 58

1978

Majors

63.39

162

105

0

1 / 12

0 / 8

1 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 13

1 / 9

0 / 6

3 / 63

1979

Majors

52.25

148

77

14

0 / 5

0 / 13

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 52

1980

Majors

64.88

162

106

0

0 / 8

0 / 14

0 / 12

0 / 10

0 / 3

1 / 8

1 / 9

2 / 64

1981

Majors

45.20

162

37

0

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 45

1982

Majors

60.97

162

100

0

-2 / 13

-2 / 7

-3 / 6

-3 / 11

-2 / 9

-1 / 5

-2 / 9

-15 / 60

1983

Majors

40.10

133

51

29

0 / 7

-2 / 5

-1 / 6

-3 / 8

-1 / 4

-3 / 6

-2 / 4

-12 / 40

1984

Majors

35.99

142

38

20

-5 / 5

-7 / 4

-3 / 9

-3 / 5

-2 / 4

-1 / 5

-3 / 3

-24 / 35

1985

Majors

36.94

149

42

13

-4 / 7

-4 / 6

-6 / 5

-4 / 6

-7 / 6

-2 / 2

-2 / 4

-29 / 36

Total

2280

1210

149

7 / 132

7 / 134

14 / 138

16 / 139

21 / 135

35 / 116

21 / 104

141 / 929

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1985-11-01	Dave Blethen has retired from the Detroit Tortfeasors
1985-04-05	Dave Blethen of the Detroit Tortfeasors is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1984-05-27	Dave Blethen of the Detroit Tortfeasors is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1983-07-31	Dave Blethen of the Detroit Tortfeasors is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1979-08-06	Dave Blethen of the Detroit Tortfeasors is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1976-10-04	Dave Blethen of the Detroit Tortfeasors is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1976-08-18	Dave Blethen of the Detroit Tortfeasors is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1975-07-18	Dave Blethen of the Detroit Tortfeasors is injured and is expected to be out 50 days.
1973-07-03	Dave Blethen of the Detroit Tortfeasors is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1971-03-05	The Detroit Tortfeasors have promoted Rags Smith to the major league team. The Detroit Tortfeasors have promoted Dave Blethen to the major league team. The Detroit Tortfeasors have designated Dave Leonard for assignment. The Detroit Tortfeasors have designated Ken Wardle for assignment.